LOS ANGELESóDennis Hopper, the high-flying Hollywood wild man whose memorable and erratic career included an early turn in "Rebel Without a Cause," an improbable smash with "Easy Rider" and a classic character role in "Blue Velvet," has died. He was 74.

Hopper died Saturday at his home in the Los Angeles beach community of Venice, surrounded by family and friends, family friend Alex Hitz said. Hopper's manager announced in October 2009 that the actor-director had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there." -John Wooden

And now this from the Mercury News out of Silicon Valley. The woman he was trying to divorce is now claiming she's entitled to millions from his estate. Hope she doesn't get a dime but of course there will have to be a settlement. He claimes she stole many valuable items from him. I enjoyed his work. A lot of us have seen him in movies without realizing who we were looking at. He never got the name recognition he deserved but he was a heck of an actor.